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Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

O.'P. WINSOR.

RIGGING FOR BOATS.

(No Model) "UNTTnn STATns PATENT Demon.

CHARLES F. WINSOR, OF SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA.

RIGGING FOR BOATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,398, dated March 3,1885.

Application filed June 24, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHAs. F. WINSOR, of San Quentin, county of Marin,and State of California, have inventeda new and useful Improvement inBoats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clean-andexact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in sail-boat rigging; and itconsists of a mast slotted and provided with pulleys and incased by acollar. The object is to prevent the top boom from swinging from side toside in a heavy gusty wind. This I accomplish by the mechanism showninthe drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the riggingapplied to aboat. Fig. 2 is adetail of the collar and boom attachment.Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the mast with the pulleys in elevation.

In a cat-rigged boat, such as shown in the drawings, there has been thedifficulty of managing the booms and thus controlling the sail. This hasbeen difficult from the fact that the top boom was loose to swing as itpleased, of course to a limited extent. I obviate this by attaching theboom A to the collar B by the connecting-hinge B. This hinge allows ofperpendicular motion, but of no side movement. The collar B encirclesthe mast O, and is provided with a slot, B on its inner surface. toengage the guide 0 on the mast C. By this means the lateral movementspoken of is prevented. On the collar B is the setscrew B (No model.)

This is to aid in regulating the reefing, as will be readily seen. Inthe mast are cut slots, in which areplaced thepulleys D D. Over thesepulleys pass the ropes for hoisting the sail, which are attached to theboom A. The sail and lower boom are both the usual ones used in boats ofthis kind.

The operation will at once be seen. The

only feature to explain is, the mast is very short,so as to obviate thetendency to capsize in a heavy sea; at the same time, as the boom A isas tall or as long as you please, the amount of sail is not decreased. 1The reefing is accomplished by the same means as in the ordinary sailtowit, by the reefing-ropes shown in Fig. 10f drawings, and the boom A islowered by means of the setscrew B I Now, having fully described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of the boom A and thecollar B, provided with the slot B, with the mast 0, provided with theguide 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and described.

2. The combination of the boom A and the collar B, provided with theslot 13*, with the mast 0, provided with the guide 0, pulleys D D, andropes for hoisting the boom A, substantially as and for the purpose setforth and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I append my signature.

CHARLES F. WINSOB.

Witnesses:

ALBERT TIPPETT, MARY ANN F. WINsoR.

